Chopin, Frédéric (1810-1849)

Works by Chopin. Facsimile Edition

Dzieła Chopina. Wydanie faksymilowe
A facsimile edition of all of Fryderyk Chopin's music
manuscripts

Published by The Fryderyk Chopin Institute,

Warsaw, 2005 -
Consisting of separate facsimile & commentary, both
hardbound, presented in a portfolio; oblong, 4°
29 volumes available now; 2 to 3 vols projected yearly

On October 17, 2005 the launch of a new series—Works by Chopin.Facsimile Edition took place. This international
academic publishing project, undertaken by The Fryderyk Chopin Institute and the Publishing House "Bernardinum", aims
to publish all the available manuscripts of works by Fryderyk Chopin in facsimile form, with commentaries by leading
Chopin scholars. Works by Chopin. Facsimile Edition is the first of its kind on such a grand scale. Participating in this
venture are representatives from Poland, France, the UK, Switzerland, Germany, Spain, USA and Japan in addition to
libraries and universities where Chopin manuscripts are held, music publishers and Chopin societies.

The purpose of this edition is to preserve and disseminate the Fryderyk Chopin legacy in Poland and across the world by
reproducing and safeguarding the contents of his manuscripts scattered around the world, make the original Chopin
texts accessible for research purposes, enable performance practice to approach as near as possible the composer’s
intentions, verify knowledge regarding sources, and to disseminate this knowledge via up-to-date commentaries
furnished in six languages: Polish, English, French, German, Spanish and Japanese.

A note about the Chopin sources

Scholars have long acknowledged the conundrum of the Chopin sources. Although similar to the problems that plague source studies of other
composers, i.e., coming to terms with the varying ways in which a work is drafted, prepared for publication, and subsequently revised for
successive impressions, the Chopin sources are somewhat different. For example, inadequate or confusing copyright protection among the
main European countries during the 19th century compelled Chopin to employ different publishers in France, Germany and England, resulting
in three "first editions" of most of the pieces, each being unique as a result of idiosyncratic editorial methods and subsequent compositional
revisions. As the Chopin Variorum Edition under the direction of John Rink has summed it up:

"Chopin provided his publishers with various types of Stichvorlage, including autographs, annotated proofsheets, and scribal
copies. In each case, the music continually evolved as autograph or scribal copies were prepared or proofsheets corrected,
resulting in significant differences between the multiple first editions. Further differences arose from the interventions of house
editors and proof-readers in successive impressions which until recently have simply been regarded as "first editions"—an error
of judgment that has undermined much Chopin scholarship. Only now is the importance of these differences fully realized—
likewise that of the first editions as a whole, which constitute one of the principal sources of knowledge of Chopin’s music."

Works Published or Projected for 2016-17

1. Sonata in B Minor, Op.58 (A IX/58) 16. Mazurkas, Op.50

Autograph Stichvorlage, National Library, Warsaw Autograph fair copy, Pierpont Morgan Library, NY
(2005) 32 + 52 pp. $100 Available Now (more info) (2010) 6 + 47 pp. $110 Available Now (more info)

2. Piano Concerto in F Minor, Op.21 (A XII/21) 17. Polonaises, Op.26

Partial autograph fair copy, National Library, Warsaw Autograph fair copy, Pierpont Morgan Library, New
(2005) 172 + 76 pp. $162 Available Now (more info) York (2010) 12, 46 pp. $110 Available Now (more info)
(also availble in special collector's edition of 500 copies)
18. Nocturne B major, Op.62, no.1
3. Mazurka, Op.7, No.4 (A IV/7/4a) Autograph fair copy, Newberry Library, Chicago
 Autograph fair copy, Warsaw Music Society
(2006) 2 + 92 pp. $65 Available Now (more info)
4. Polonaise-Fantasy, Op.61
Autograph fair copy, National Library, Warsaw
(2007) 8 + 64 pp. $94 Available Now (more info)
5. Nocturne in D♭ Major, Op.27, No.2
Autograph fair copy, National Library, Warsaw
(2007) 8 + 48 pp. $90 Available Now (more info)
6. Mazurkas, Op.33
Autograph fair copy, National Library, Warsaw
(2007) 18 + 68 pp. $92 Available Now (more info)
7. Barcarolle in F♯ Major, Op.60
Autograph fair copy, Jagiellonian Library, Krakow
(2007) 8 + 59 pp. $92 Available Now (more info)
8. Fantasy in F Minor, Op.49
Autograph fair copy, National Library, Warsaw
(2007) 20 + 66 pp. $92 Available Now (more info)
9. Études, Op.10 (nos. 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10)
Autograph fair copies,
Muzeum Fryderyka Chopina, Warsaw
(2007) 26 + 58 pp. $105 Available Now (more info)
10. (tudes, Op.25
Autographs & copyist mss, National Library, Warsaw
(2007) 54 + 47 pp. $95 Available Now (more info)
11. Mazurka, Op.59, No.2
Autograph sketch, Library of the Paris Opera
(2008) 5 + c.60 pp. $88 Available Now (more info)
12. Allegro de Concert, Op.46
Autograph faircopy, National Library, Warsaw
(2008) 20 + 67 pp. $86 Available Now (more info)
13. Mazurkas, Op.24
Autograph fair copy, National Library, Warsaw
(2008) 24 + 66 pp. $96 Available Now (more info)
14. Impromptu in A♭ Major, Op.29
Autograph fair copy, Chopin Museum, Warsaw
(2008) 12 + 40 pp. $85 Available Now (more info)
15. Ballade F Major, Op.38
Autograph fair copy, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris
(2010) 10 + 56 pp. $110 Available Now (more info)
n.b. Facsimiles with 2009-2010 imprint were first released
2011
OMI - Old Manuscripts & Incunabula PO Box 6019 FDR Station New York NY 10150
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(2010) 4 + 46 pp. $110 Available Now (more info)
19. Preludes, Op.28
Autograph fair copy, National Library, Warsaw
(2010) 44 + 71 pp. $122 Available Now (more info)
20. Ballade in F Minor, Op.52, no.3
Autograph fair copy, Bodleian Library, Oxford
(2010) 4 + 46 pp. $110 Available Now (more info)
21. Scherzo in E Major, Op.54
Autograph fair copy, Jagiellonian Library, Krakow
(2009) 12 + 47 pp. $110 Available Now (more info)
22. Mazurka F♯ Minor, Op.59, no.3
Autograph fair copy, British Library, London
(2009) 4 + 47 pp. $110 Available Now (more info)
23. Waltz D♭Major, Op.64, no.1
Autograph fair copy, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris
(2010) 4 + 62 pp. $67 Available Now (more info)
24. Mazurka in A♭Major, Album Maria Szymanowska
Autograph presentation copy, Adam Micliewicz
Museum, Paris (2010), 2 + c.40 pp. $63 Available Now
(more info)
25. Polonaises op.40, nos.3-4
Autograph fair copy, British Library, London (2015), 8
+ c.46 pp. $88 Available Now (more info)
26. Polonaises op.53
Autograph fair copy, Pierpont Morgan Library in
New York (2016), 12, + 63 pp. $90 Available Now
(more info)
27. Waltz, C♯ Minor, Op.64, no.2
Autograph presentation copy, Bibliothèque Nationale,
Paris (2016), 2, c.46 pp. $69 Available Now (more info)
28. Etude, Op.25, no.4
Autograph fair copy, Bibliothèque de l’Opéra, Paris
(2016), 8, c.46 pp. $79 Available Now (more info)
29. Waltz in F Minor, Op.70, no.2
Autograph presentation copy, Bibliothèque Nationale
de France in Paris (2016), 6, c.48 pp. $88 Available
Now (more info)
xx. Nocturne, Op.48
Autograph fair copy, Pierpont Morgan Library, New
York. 18 pp. (forthcoming)
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